Genuine Zorb
Real Zorb has a name and a source you can trace.
Zorb® is made in the USA by AKAS Tex, a family business, and sold by Wazoodle Fabrics. Here's how to know what you're buying is the real thing, and where to find it.
How to know it's genuine
It comes from a source you can name. Genuine Zorb is bought from Wazoodle Fabrics, AKAS Tex, or a distributor or reseller we had approved when it was bought. Seconds and Dev Lots count.
It carries its full name. Zorb is sold under its full name, like Zorb® Original Fabric. Every hand-cut piece from Wazoodle ships labeled with its SKU and fabric name. Fabric from a distributor or reseller may come without our label; it's still genuine.
On yardage and rolls, the width matches. Zorb® Original Fabric comes 30″ or 60″ wide, and Original Silver 60″. Each other style's width is on its Wazoodle page. No Zorb style is sold 45″ wide.
The description matches. Each Zorb style's Wazoodle page lists what it's made of. If a listing describes the fabric differently, ask before you buy.
There is no "Zorb flannel". Zorb comes as Original, 3D, 4D and Microfiber, each under its own full name.
Buying a product made with Zorb? Brands approved to show the Zorb Inside® mark are listed on our Licensing page.
Not sure about a listing? Send it to us with the Report a listing form below, or email support@wazoodle.com.
Where to buy
From us
Our distributors
- Milpoint, European Union
- Rainbow Group, Africa
- Cuddle Plush, United Kingdom
- Find A Fabric, Australia and New Zealand
- Discovery Fabrics, Canada
- Crockett USA, United States
Approved resellers
Approved resellers will appear here as they join.
Seller program
Carry genuine Zorb.
Shops that sell Zorb by the yard, and businesses that carry it across a region, can join our seller program. Approved sellers can be listed on this page, and can apply to use the Zorb Inside® mark on their listings.
Two ways in
Yardage resellers sell Zorb by the yard, online or in a shop. Wazoodle Fabrics supplies you and reviews your application.
Distributors carry Zorb into a country or region and sell to shops and makers there. AKAS Tex reviews your application, and the distribution agreement is made with AKAS Tex.
How it works
- Apply. One short form about your business and where you sell.
- We reply. You'll hear from us within one to two business days. Resellers get a decision within five; for distributors, AKAS Tex agrees a timeline with you.
- Get set up. Resellers set up their buying with Wazoodle. Distributors agree territory and terms in writing with AKAS Tex.
- Be listed. Once approved, you can appear on this page as a genuine seller.
- Use the mark, if you like. Tick the mark box on the form. Once Wazoodle approves it, you can show the Zorb Inside® mark on your listings, under the Zorb Inside® terms.
Seller conditions version 1.0 · effective launch date
Who we are. These conditions are between you and Wazoodle Fabrics LLC ("we"), owner of the Zorb® and Zorb Inside® marks. For distributors, AKAS Tex holds the distribution agreement. Wazoodle approves all use of the marks.
Genuine only. Sell only Zorb bought from us, AKAS Tex or an approved distributor. Seconds and Dev Lots count. Never sell other fabric as Zorb. Keep your purchase records, and show them if we ask.
Its own name. Sell each fabric under its full product name, as it appears on the Wazoodle product page. Don't rename it, re-badge it, or sell it under your own brand.
What you say. Describe Zorb only with and what the fabric's Wazoodle product page publishes.
The marks stay ours. The Zorb® and Zorb Inside® marks belong to us. Don't register a business name, domain, social handle or trademark that includes "Zorb".
The mark. If you use the Zorb Inside® mark, the Zorb Inside® terms apply to that use. If your mark permission is withdrawn for misuse, your seller approval ends too.
If something isn't right, we'll tell you what to change. You fix it within 30 days, and your approval carries on. Until it's fixed, we may hide your listing on this page; it comes back once it's fixed.
Ending. Either side can end by email (ours: support@wazoodle.com). Your listing comes down that day; stop calling yourself an approved seller. Listings already carrying the mark may keep it for 12 months. Selling other fabric as Zorb ends it at once, with no sell-through. We'll tell you by email.
Not a partnership. Approval doesn't mean we endorse your business. You can't pass it to anyone else, or appoint sellers under you without our written OK.
Changes. We'll email approved sellers at least 30 days before new conditions apply. If you don't agree, you can end as above.
Distribution. Prices, territory and ordering for distributors are set in the written agreement with AKAS Tex, and on those points the agreement wins. Genuine only, its own name, what you say, the marks and the Zorb Inside® terms always apply. Ending these conditions doesn't end the AKAS Tex agreement, or the reverse, unless the agreement says so.
Apply to sell Zorb
It takes about three minutes. We'll reply within one to two business days. Fields marked * are required.
Questions first? Resellers: support@wazoodle.com · Distributors: info@akasllc.com
Why we protect it
Zorb 2 was copied. Zorb 2, our Dimples and Diamond line, had been made in Canada under the previous owner. Then copies appeared: duplicated in China, and sold on fabric.com by sellers who had never bought from us. Knockoffs were reaching makers under our name. We had spent years on that technology. So we ended Zorb 2 and moved everything into 3D.
The makers guarded the name. Around 2015–16, a seller began offering a fake "Zorb Original" online. People bought it, were disappointed, and told us. By the time we looked into it, the community had already found the seller. They told him it was wrong, and he took the listing down. The people who use Zorb guarded its name before we could.
We keep the know-how. We have never filed a patent. The know-how stays with the family that makes it.
Thank you to every maker who has told us when something didn't look right.
Seen Zorb somewhere that doesn't look right?
Tell us where. We look into every report, and we may email you if we need more. Fields marked * are required.